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DRI Board’s Morganti Wins Honor Roll Award

DRI Drive

Mike Morganti, the longest serving member of the DRI International board of directors, is this year’s recipient of the board’s Honor Roll Award. The award was presented by DRI Board Chairman Al Berman at the 2022 DRI Awards of Excellence Gala, held at the DRI2022 conference in Las Vegas this week. The award was created […]. The post DRI Board’s Morganti Wins Honor Roll Award appeared first on DRI Drive.

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For New Research Students: How to Stop Floundering

Emergency Planning

I must admit that I was in the middle of my post-doctoral fellowship (at UCL) before I fully realised what research involves. It suddenly clicked while I was desperately trying to learn clay chemistry in order to work out a rather intractable problem of erosional landscapes. How on earth had I managed to get through all the previous stages? Having decided to embark on a research project, the first big hurdle is “how do I do this?

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A National Blood Supply Crisis

Disaster Zone Podcast

The United States’ blood supply has reach a dangerously low level of inventory. It has come via the impact of COVID and recent winter weather that has impacted much of the nation. In this short podcast we hear from Craig Cooper, an American Red Cross Spokesperson who explains the crisis and also how people can identify locations where they can go and give blood.

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Cyber Attacks in Ukraine--Did Russia Do It?

Disaster Zone

It is not always a clear cut determination.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2022 DRI Awards of Excellence!

DRI Drive

DRI International, the world’s leading business continuity and disaster recovery training organization, is pleased to recognize the outstanding organizations and individuals listed below as the winners of the 2022 DRI Awards of Excellence for their achievements in the business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management fields. “This year’s winners and finalists represent the best the […].

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Sea Level Rise Study

Recovery Diva

From The Guardian: US sea level to rise as much in next 30 years as in past century. Seas rising faster around the US than global average will cause ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people vulnerable to flooding.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: A National Blood Supply Crisis

Disaster Zone

COVID and weather events have created a supply emergency.

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Ukraine Invasion Could Spark a Massive Refugee Crisis

The Rand Blog

With Russia now having enough troops and equipment in place to invade Ukraine if diplomacy fails, one fallout of such an invasion could be a massive refugee or migration crisis. If that happened, there would be significant humanitarian, political, and economic implications for both the Ukrainians who flee and for the European nations they go to.

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LAN Infotech Named On The 2022 CRN® Security 100 List

LAN Infotech

LAN Infotech Named On The 2022 CRN® Security 100 List. CRN® Recognizes The Top IT Channel Providers For Exceptional Growth And Performance. CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named LAN Infotech to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Security 100 category for 2022. This is further proof of our commitment to confidently securing our clients’ systems against emergent threats.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Learning from the Covid 19 Pandemic

Recovery Diva

From Politico: The Covid Emergency Is Ending. Here’s What We Should Do Next. It’s time for a new scientifically feasible and politically sustainable strategy to make the coming lull in the pandemic permanent.

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Russia Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories

Disaster Zone

CISA maintains a webpage dedicated to Russia's cyber activities.

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure: How It Works & Why You Still Need Backup

Unitrends

Organizations have grown increasingly dependent on technology and traditional storage area network (SAN)-based infrastructure struggles to keep up with today’s IT needs. It is complex, cumbersome to manage and cannot scale as flexibly or efficiently to keep pace with the rapidly changing IT landscape. The result is IT teams spending too much time and money […].

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How to Unlock the Power of IoT and Unstructured Data

Pure Storage

Successful enterprises run on data. What sets industry leaders apart from the rest is the ability to manage and analyze that data to gain deep, actionable insights into operations, customer preferences, and evolving trends. As internet of things (IoT) devices become more ubiquitous and the data they generate grows, here’s how organizations can derive the most value.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Choosing the Right Business Continuity Certification

BryghtPath

If you’re considering a career in business continuity, you might be wondering about business continuity certifications. Do you need one to be competitive for business continuity jobs? Which business continuity certification should you get? What does it take to get and maintain a business continuity certification? Here, we discuss Bryghtpath’s take on the top industry … The post Choosing the Right Business Continuity Certification appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Security Industry Association Names Sean A. Ahrens and Elizabeth Lowe as 2022 Sandy Jones Volunteers of the Year

Security Industry Association

Ahrens and Lowe will be honored for their leadership in growing SIA’s programs and services at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Sean A. Ahrens and Elizabeth Lowe as the 2022 recipients of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award , which recognizes SIA volunteers who have made tireless efforts to expand SIA’s programs and services.

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What to Do if Your House Is Hot Upstairs and Cold Downstairs

Constellation

Have you ever wondered why your house is hot upstairs and cold downstairs? One reason is because hot air rises and cold air sinks, so it’s natural that your upstairs rooms are warmer than the ones. (This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post.).

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Business, Interrupted: How Cross-Discipline Skills Contribute to Resilience Career Successes

Castellan

If you ask many business continuity professionals, their career paths were far from straight and direct. Few, like other professions, pursued a business continuity degree, graduated college, and landed a business continuity role right out of the gate. Instead, many will tell you they worked in other areas first, learning through trial and error about the symbiotic nature of business continuity and other skills—for example, disaster response, compliance, or crisis management—and ended up tackling

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Announcing the newest Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA) awardees!

Citrix

We are very excited to share the newest additions to our Citrix Technology Advocates (CTA) class of 2022! CTAs are Citrix User Group Community super-users. They are Citrix customers, partners, and Citrix employees who advocate for Citrix on their own … The post Announcing the newest Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA) awardees! first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 5.0 introduces new security and productivity enhancements

Acronis

Today Acronis announced the release of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 5.0, an enhanced version of the company’s multi-purpose infrastructure solution designed for cyber protection. This latest release expands on the capabilities Acronis partners are familiar with while increasing the flexibility, versatility and security of the product – ensuring that it fits more use cases for partners and their clients.

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SIA New Member Profile: Genea

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Genea provides innovation to drive the future of property technology, offering cutting-edge access control, visitor management, submeter billing and after-hours HVAC solutions. The company is headquartered in Irvine, Controla, with satellite offices in Ahmedabad, India; Livonia, Michigan; and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Grounding & Bonding Fact Sheet Highlights Proper Application of Article 250 of the NEC

National Fire Protection Association

For those of us that employ NFPA 70, National Electrical Code (NEC) on a regular basis we understand the importance the NEC plays when it comes to the installation of safe electrical systems. In the early pages of the standard its purpose is clearly stated as the practical safeguarding of persons and property from hazards arising from the use of electricity.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Welcome to the 2022 class of Citrix Technology Professionals (CTPs)!

Citrix

We restructured the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) program in 2018 by partnering CTP members with Citrix product manager and engineers to form specialty product-focused groups. These smaller working teams have engendered greater trust and better communication between CTPs and product … The post Welcome to the 2022 class of Citrix Technology Professionals (CTPs)!

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Ransomware Attacks Leave Businesses Around the World Reeling

LAN Infotech

Ransomware Attacks Leave Businesses Around the World Reeling — How Prepared is Your Business? Ransomware attacks are getting more sophisticated and effective. Hackers are progressively creating more aggressive malware that locks everyone out of organizations’ data or systems unless they agree to pay a ransom. The ransom includes decryption fees to recover business data and system or continuous financial demands to prevent the hackers from releasing business data into the dark web.

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Three ISC West Sessions That Will Help You Optimize Your Business

Security Industry Association

ISC West 2022 is coming up March 22-25 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including keynote presentations from top luminaries and 60+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments. Among the robust lineup of conference sessions are several presentations that will help you grow and enhance your business; make sure to add them to your ISC West

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2022 threat assessment for the hosting industry

Acronis

A new Acronis video describes the overall threat assessment for the hosting industry in 2022 and how hosting service providers can improve their cybersecurity efforts.

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Simplify IT administration with Workspace Environment Management

Citrix

As an IT admin, you probably have lots of daily tasks to complete — performing operating system patching, running environment health checks, conducting software troubleshooting, and much more. These tasks can prove tedious and time consuming, and it’s likely you’ve … The post Simplify IT administration with Workspace Environment Management first appeared on Citrix Blogs.